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Tuesday, 31 December 2024
Nice daylight signal from Radio New Zealand Pacific 7390 kHz using the n...
Sunday, 29 December 2024
First transatlantic DX copied with the Icom IC-R8600: VOCM 590 kHz, Newf...
Saturday, 28 December 2024
A carrier but no audio detected on 486 kHz longwave from WI2XLQ's annual...
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
The diminishing, but still wonderful sounds of Christmas Eve on longwave...
Tuesday, 24 December 2024
I have set up a dedicated antenna for my SDRplay nRSP-ST: The excellent ...
Sunday, 22 December 2024
Operating on Top Band with the Bias-T allowing me to RX on my wire and b...
Voice of Korea (North Korea) 12015 kHz signing on in the afternoon - cop...
Saturday, 21 December 2024
Radio New Zealand Pacific 17675 kHz copied in Oxford UK in the early hou...
Friday, 20 December 2024
Transatlantic medium wave DX: Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz, New York copied ...
Thursday, 19 December 2024
Decoding Pinneberg Meteo RTTY on 4583 kHz using MultiPSK software and th...
Upgrade SDRplay nRSP-ST to firmware version 1.0.6 for new touchscreen op...
Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Thank you for all your best wishes - normal service is now resumed...
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
I'm suspending Oxford Shortwave Log and all associated activities to rec...
I'm suspending Oxford Shortwave Log and all associated activities to rec...
Saturday, 7 December 2024
A few comments on SDR Connect and testing the nRSP-ST against the Icom I...
Friday, 6 December 2024
Monitoring signals on 80 metres using my end-fed wire and two perpendicu...
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Operating the SDRplay nRSP-ST SDR receiver over my LAN using a web browser
Tuesday, 3 December 2024
It took 5 minutes to download and set up SDRconnect to get the nRSP-ST w...
Monday, 2 December 2024
Unboxing the new SDRplay nRSP-ST - the all-in-one plug-and-play networke...
Saturday, 30 November 2024
The very first thing I did when I got the Icom IC-R8600 was decode Pinne...
Working the Harwell ARS Wednesday sked using the HamTek Bias-T to allow ...
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
An overview of my DXing equipment set-up when I'm travelling on business.
Monday, 25 November 2024
A view of the city of Pittsburgh from the top of the Duquesne Incline
Sunday, 24 November 2024
Trans World Radio Asia 15440 kHz, Talata-Volonondry, Madagascar - copied...
How can it be possible to copy Radio Voz Missionaria 9665 kHz Camboriu B...
WWV time signal 5.0 MHz - geophysical alert message - copied in Pittsburgh
Saturday, 23 November 2024
Shannon VOLMET 5505 kHz USB weak copy but readable audio from Pittsburgh
Evening ham radio activity in the USA on the 40 metre band
Friday, 22 November 2024
Transmitting on the wire and receiving via a Wellbrook ALA1530 mag loop ...
Thursday, 21 November 2024
A Scout operating the GB0SSO station Harwell ARS set up for Jamboree on ...
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Rádio Nacional da Amazônia 6180 kHz, Brasilia, Brasil, copied in Monroev...
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
The strongest signal I've ever copied from CFRX Toronto 6070 kHz - great...
Decoding Pinneberg Meteo RTTY on 10,100 kHz using MultiPSK software and ...
Monday, 18 November 2024
Where Oxford Shortwave Log started - Radio Habana, Cuba 15140 kHz - this...
Sunday, 17 November 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: RRI 13650 kHz English service for Nor...
Saturday, 16 November 2024
Using a simple station set-up: Yaesu FT-991A, MFJ matching unit and an r...
A QSO with Tim, M0KEP the owner of HamTEK and designer of the BTS-0001 B...
Friday, 15 November 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: Radio Exterior De España 17855 kHz, N...
How can it be possible to hear Radio Brasil Central 11815 kHz Goiania fr...
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Protect your wideband active mag loop when transmitting using a HamTEK B...
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Brasil on shortwave from a hotel in Pittsburgh: Rádio Nacional da Amazôn...
Monday, 11 November 2024
'Wave Scan' from WRMI 15770 kHz Okeechobee Florida: DX news copied at my...
DXpedition to Pittsburgh - driving through the local area I was working/...
Saturday, 9 November 2024
The brilliant Elad FDM DUOr: what's in the box and initial power-up
Friday, 8 November 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: Trenton military VOLMET 6754 kHz USB,...
Thursday, 7 November 2024
Dxing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: surprising daylight copy of Radio Edu...
Anything the Icom IC-R8600 can do, the Elad FDM DUOr can do just as well...
Chatting with Barry N4WFU and others on the Big Guns Friendship Net
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Listening to live US election news from WXKS 1200 kHz 'Talk 1200' Newton...
Monday, 4 November 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: passing the time listening to radio h...
Friday, 1 November 2024
Could I be the most experienced user of the Elad FDM DUO in the world?!
Thursday, 31 October 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: CHU time signal 3330 kHz, Ottawa, Can...
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: WWV time signal 15.0 MHz Fort Collins...
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Final reception video using the Raddy RF919: UVB-76 'The Buzzer' 4265 kH...
Monday, 28 October 2024
My last ever recording of RÚV Iceland on longwave 189 kHz from Gufuskala...
Sunday, 27 October 2024
DXing from my hotel room in Pittsburgh: Gander Radio VOLMET 6604 kHz USB...
Saturday, 26 October 2024
DXing from a hotel room in Pittsburgh: Gander Radio 10051 kHz USB copied...
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
BBC Radio 4 longwave 198 kHz: 2nd harmonic on 396 kHz copied on multiple...
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: WWV time signal 10 MHz, Fort Collins,...
Monday, 21 October 2024
DXing from my hotel room in Pittsburgh: Gander Radio 8906 kHz USB copied...
Saturday, 19 October 2024
Another one bites the dust: RÚV Iceland quietly closed their longwave tr...
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Why I needed to purchase another Elad FDM DUO - this time the receive-on...
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Radio Educación 6185 kHz Mexico City 1 kW TX power copied in Pittsburgh ...
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: a tune through the 40 metre amateur r...
Monday, 14 October 2024
Testing the Trio R-1000 on DX with a longwire: Radio Nacional da Amazoni...
Sunday, 13 October 2024
Listening to amateur radio operators on 80 metres top band from my hotel...
Saturday, 12 October 2024
DXing from a hotel in Pittsburgh: CFRX Toronto 6070 kHz, 1 KW TX power c...
Friday, 11 October 2024
USAF Emergency Action Message received on 4724 KHz USB using the Icom IC...
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Listening to amateur radio operators on 160 metres top band from my hote...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Listening to amateur radio operators on the 40 metre band from my hotel ...
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
DXing from my hotel in Pittsburgh: Radio Voz Misionaria, Brazil 9665 kHz
Monday, 7 October 2024
Testing the Trio R-1000 on DX with a longwire: HCJB Quito 6050 kHz Pico ...
Sunday, 6 October 2024
A brief overview of my DXpedition to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , USA
Saturday, 5 October 2024
Driving the Icom IC-R8600 receiver with SDR Console - complete with 3D s...
Thursday, 3 October 2024
My initial thoughts and a brief overview of the Icom IC-R8600 wideband c...
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Before I returned the Raddy RF919: HCJB Quito 6050 kHz Pico Pichincha, E...
Monday, 30 September 2024
Radio Tarma 4775 kHz Peru, copied on the Trio R-1000 communications rece...
Sunday, 29 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Andraitx NDB 384 kHz, Majorca, very weak day...
Saturday, 28 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Andraitx non-directional beacon 384 kHz, Maj...
Friday, 27 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Jil FM 549 kHz medium wave, booming in from ...
Thursday, 26 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: a view from the 12th floor of the hotel
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Chaîne 3 Algeria 252 kHz longwave, daylight ...
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Jil FM 549 kHz medium wave, booming in from ...
Monday, 23 September 2024
A beautiful mid-September day in Oxford with commentary on the OSF anten...
Sunday, 22 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: BBC Radio 4 198 kHz longwave, the iconic Shi...
Saturday, 21 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Medi 1, 171 kHz longwave, booming in from Na...
Friday, 20 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Ibiza Airport non-directional beacon 394 kHz...
Thursday, 19 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: St. Petersburgh VOLMET 6617 kHz USB, St. Pet...
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Scan of the FM broadcast band
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
2024 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast closing down on 9585 kHz - as cop...
Monday, 16 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: quite a decent signal from Shannon VOLMET 34...
Sunday, 15 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Polski Radio 225 kHz longwave, Poland, copie...
Saturday, 14 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: BBC Radio 4, 198 kHz longwave, The News at M...
Friday, 13 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Medi 1 Nador Morocco 171 kHz longwave, dayli...
Thursday, 12 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Shanwick Oceanic Air Traffic Control 4651 kH...
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: RAF VOLMET 5450 kHz, St. Eval Cornwall UK, g...
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Shannon VOLMET 5505 kHz copied quite well ov...
DXpedition to Calpe JM08AP: Chaîne 3 252 kHz longwave, booming over the ...
Thursday, 5 September 2024
Listening in to the Harwell Amateur Radio Society Wednesday afternoon ne...
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
A tune through Airband using the Sterling International HA-5900 Multi-ba...
Monday, 2 September 2024
2024 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast copied on 9870 kHz with the Yaesu...
Friday, 30 August 2024
Before I returned the Raddy RF919: a scan through longwave using the int...
Thursday, 29 August 2024
Yaesu FRG-7 versus FRG-7700: DX testing with Radio Nacional da Amazonia ...
Monday, 26 August 2024
2024 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast copied on 11685 kHz with the Yaes...
Friday, 23 August 2024
Before I returned the Raddy RF919: Excellent DX: Radio Tarma 4775 kHz, Peru
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Listening into Special Event Station GB8DAY commemorating the 80th anniv...
Monday, 19 August 2024
Yaesu FRG-7 versus FRG-7700: Hard-core DX Radio Voz Missionaria 4940 kHz...
Saturday, 17 August 2024
Raddy useless! The RF919 lasted 3 weeks before I had to return it...
Thursday, 15 August 2024
HCJB Quito 6050 kHz Pico Pichincha, Ecuador peaking S9 into the UK on th...
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Someone with nothing going on in their life trying (and failing) to disr...
Saturday, 10 August 2024
Surprised to copy Radio Nacional da Amazonia 11780 kHz Brazil on the 25 ...
Friday, 9 August 2024
Battery discharge problem with the Raddy RF919 (but Amazon were great)
Monday, 5 August 2024
Great folk music played through the night from Antena Satelor 153 kHz lo...
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Testing the Raddy RF919 frequency display accuracy using two VOLMET USB ...
Thursday, 25 July 2024
Old school DXing: TWR Africa 13800 kHz Manzini, Eswatini, strong signal ...
Monday, 22 July 2024
Unboxing and a brief overview of the next great portable? The Raddy RF91...
Friday, 19 July 2024
Old school DXing: Radio Thailand booming into Oxford in the afternoon on...
Thursday, 18 July 2024
Another NADARS rally £6 bargain! The Binatone 6011 Multi-band receiver
Monday, 15 July 2024
Purchased at the NADARS radio rally for £100: Trio R-1000 Communications...
Saturday, 13 July 2024
Working the Harwell Amateur Radio Society Wednesday net on 80 metres wit...
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Purchased at the NADARS radio rally for £6: Sterling International HA-59...
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
Scanning through stored airband frequencies with the Uniden Bearcat UBC1...
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Old school DX: Radio Pilipinas 15190 kHz copied on the brilliant Grundig...
Sunday, 30 June 2024
More radio bargains at the Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society ra...
Saturday, 29 June 2024
A walk around the 2024 Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society rally
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Arriving at the 2024 Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society rally an...
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Old school DXing: Voice of Vietnam 9730 kHz opied on the brilliant Grund...
Saturday, 22 June 2024
2024 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast copied on 9585 kHz with the Yaesu...
Monday, 17 June 2024
Home-brew dipole for the 10 metre band - how I made it (on the cheap!)
Sunday, 16 June 2024
HM01 Cuban Spy Numbers 'Spanish Lady' 11635 kHz copied in Oxford UK on t...
Friday, 14 June 2024
Old school DXing: Radio Pilipinas 9960 kHz copied on the brilliant Grund...
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
A final review of the Neptune 100W HF/50 MHz auto band switching linear ...
Saturday, 8 June 2024
Listening to the Harwell ARS Friday night net on the Sony ICF-SW77 recei...
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Contact with CR3GPDX Madeira Island within 5 minutes of setting up my DI...
Sunday, 2 June 2024
Yaesu FRG-7 versus FRG-7700: Radio Tarma 4775 kHz, Peru, tropical band r...
Friday, 31 May 2024
A tune through longwave with the brilliant Grundig Satellit Transistor 6...
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Using the Elad to work OT24EPIC: special event station for the Epic 2024...
Sunday, 26 May 2024
Listening to radio amateurs 40m band using the brilliant Grundig Satell...
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
UVB-76 'The Buzzer' 4625 kHz being jammed with pop music copied with the...
Thursday, 16 May 2024
LRA 36 RADIO NACIONAL ARCÁNGEL SAN GABRIEL, Antarctica, 15476 kHz copied...
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Working the Harwell ARS Wednesday net on 80 metres with the Yaesu FT-DX5000
Friday, 10 May 2024
Radio New Zealand Pacific closing down on 7390 kHz
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Working GB0WZL operated by South Bristol ARC as a Special Event Station ...
Monday, 6 May 2024
Using my Elad FDM DUO and a Neptune HF/6M auto band switching linear amp...
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Radio New Zealand Pacific 7390 kHz copied with the brilliant Sony ICF-SW...
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Working the Harwell ARS Wednesday net with the Yaesu FT-DX5000 on 40 metres
Monday, 29 April 2024
Geoff at Castle Electronics did a superb job repairing my Kenwood TS-480...
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Transatlantic medium wave DX: VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland and Labrador ver...
Saturday, 20 April 2024
Silent Key sale: Yaesu FT-DX5000 is still available at half the typical ...
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Premier League football commentary around the world on shortwave - BBC ...
Monday, 15 April 2024
Transatlantic Medium Wave DX: WJR Newstalk 760 kHz, Detroit, very nice s...
Friday, 12 April 2024
The mysterious (presumed) Russian Ticking Clock on 6911 kHz - countdown ...
Monday, 8 April 2024
Grundig satellit 6000 transistor - a quick overview of this brilliant ra...
Saturday, 6 April 2024
More evidence of a low brain cell count on 40 metres - copied with my (n...
Thursday, 4 April 2024
Radio New Zealand Pacific 7390 kHz copied with the brilliant Sony ICF-SW...
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Transatlantic Medium wave DX: CFGO TSN, Ottawa 1200 kHz first ever confi...
Thursday, 28 March 2024
I was loaned a Quadrifilar Helix Antenna (QFH) for NOAA weather satellit...
Monday, 25 March 2024
AM radio isn't dead yet - at least according to Honda...
Monday, 18 March 2024
Transatlantic medium wave DX: WBBR Bloomberg Radio 1130 KHz New York; se...
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Using the Yaesu FT-DX5000 rig on 80 metres with the Harwell ARS Wednesda...
Saturday, 9 March 2024
Harwell Amateur Radio Society annual Radio Flea Market
Monday, 4 March 2024
Managed to get my Sony ICF-SW100 back together and in full working order
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Using the Yaesu FT-DX5000 rig on 40 metres with the Harwell ARS Wednesda...
Friday, 23 February 2024
Silent Key sale: Yaesu FT-DX5000 available at a very reasonable price
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Huge signal from Chaîne 3, Tipaza, Algeria on 252 kHz longwave, booming ...
Monday, 19 February 2024
The repair to my Sony ICF-SW100 shortwave portable radio nearly went hor...
Friday, 16 February 2024
Medi 1 Nador Morocco 171 kHz longwave booming into Oxford S9+20 dB
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Concorde has landed in the shack!
Thursday, 8 February 2024
RIP to one of the best known Ham Radio operators on HF: Slavco 'S57DX' i...
Tuesday, 6 February 2024
Catch them on longwave whilst you can: Iceland RÚV 189 kHz, Gufuskalar, ...
Saturday, 3 February 2024
Simon's World Map for amateur radio enthusiasts - the free alternative t...
Friday, 2 February 2024
Transatlantic medium wave DX on 1200 kHz: WXKS Talk, Newton, MA? CFGO T...
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
I've just reached 3,000 FT8 contacts, but it's taken me 6 years!
Monday, 29 January 2024
Medium wave transatlantic DX: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz, C...
Friday, 26 January 2024
RAF Brize Norton Automatic Terminal Information Service 126.50 MHz copie...
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Testing the Yaesu FRG-8800 LSB/USB demodulation on the signal from Radio...
Storm Isha tried very hard to take me off the air!
Saturday, 20 January 2024
Belka DX + upconverter: DR Langbølge 243 kHz Kalundborg, Denmark: sadly ...
Friday, 19 January 2024
A cautionary tale: take the time to regularly check the condition of you...
Thursday, 18 January 2024
A big signal from Radio New Zealand Pacific 9700 kHz: comparing audio wi...
Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Belka DX + upconverter: BBC Radio 4, 198 kHz longwave talking football a...
Friday, 12 January 2024
Copying Radio New Zealand Pacific on 9700 kHz with one of the best ever ...
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
NOAA satellite image gallery: telemetry received using the brilliant SD...
Celebrate longwave whilst we have it: Sailing By and the Shipping Foreca...
Tuesday, 9 January 2024
Air traffic control: London Terminal Control 121.025 MHz (Cowly West) co...
Saturday, 6 January 2024
The news from Radio New Zealand Pacific at 17:00 hrs on 9700 kHz with a ...
Friday, 5 January 2024
North Korea (DPRK) Voice of Korea, very strong signal into Oxford S9 +10...
Thursday, 4 January 2024
Copying Radio New Zealand Pacific on 7390 kHz with one of the best-ever ...
Wednesday, 3 January 2024
After 97 years, a few minutes of the final longwave broadcast 243 kHz fr...
Tuesday, 2 January 2024
After 97 years, a few minutes of the final longwave broadcast 243 kHz fr...
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